Course detail
Urban Design and Town Planning
FAST-BGB001Acad. year: 2025/2026
Urban planning, development of landscape and settlements - typology and configuration. Enhancement of fundamental knowledge about urban and landscape planning as a study requirement for the profession of accredited civil engineers that will be able to design buildings in a compliance with architectural planning demands for urban or rural districts.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
4
Mode of study
Not applicable.
Guarantor
Department
Ústav architektury (ARC)
Entry knowledge
the ability to know the ropes in building law, basic survey over the history of architecture and civil engeneering
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Aims
Introduction to fundamental principles of landscape planning, processing and approval of planning documentation, functional urban and landscape systems, creation of preconditions for tenure of authorized civil engineer profession.
Student will manage the goal of the subject, i.e. grasp to fundamental principles of landscape planning, processing and approval of planning documentation, functional urban and landscape systems, creation of preconditions for tenure of authorized civil engineer profession.
Student will manage the goal of the subject, i.e. grasp to fundamental principles of landscape planning, processing and approval of planning documentation, functional urban and landscape systems, creation of preconditions for tenure of authorized civil engineer profession.
Study aids
Not applicable.
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable.
Basic literature
Not applicable.
Recommended reading
Not applicable.
Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hod., optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
- 1. Historical development of urban planning I.
- 2. Historical development of urban planning II.
- 3. Modern urban planning and temporary urban design trends.
- 4. Settlements (typology, configuration and development).
- 5. Functional urban systems – residential and industrial areas.
- 6. Functional urban systems – traffic and technical infrastructure.
- 7. Functional landscape systems.
- 8. Rural settlement and landscape.
- 9. Social base of an urban development – ecological, social and cultural.
- 10. Social base of an urban development – traffic and technical infrastructure.
- 11. Urban development, urban design concept.
- 12. Urban design.
- 13. Landscape planning and supervision.
Exercise
26 hod., compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
- 1.–2. Introduction of the requirements. Working approach. Presentation of topics.
- 3.–4. Analysis of planning documentation, tutorials task.
- 5.–6. An analysis of the city quarters, tutorials task.
- 7.–8. Analysis of selected development areas, tutorial task.
- 9.–10. Consultation.
- 11. Review of work.